Famous Stars Who Have Talked About Their Postpartum Depression

In recent years, several celebrities have come forward to share their experiences of suffering from postpartum depression, including Britney Spears, but she is not alone. Click through the slides for more...

The talented singer Adele confessed after giving birth to her son Angelo in 2012 that she was completely overwhelmed. Years later, she spoke about the issue again in an interview with 'Vanity Fair', adding that "I felt like I had made the worst decision of my life."

The singer Céline Dion gave birth to her twins in 2010, but it was not until years later that she confessed that after this second birth she felt "the urge to cry for no reason and great fatigue." She added: "One moment, tremendous happiness; the next, fatigue sets in, and I cried for no reason, and then that took care of itself."

Gwyneth Paltrow gave birth to her second child, Moses, with Chris Martin 12 years ago. It was actually her ex-husband who noticed something was wrong and approached her about it, saying "About four months into it, Chris came to me and said, ‘Something’s wrong. Something’s wrong.’ I kept saying, ‘No, no, I’m fine.’ But Chris identified it, and that sort of burst the bubble. There are different shades of it and depths of it, which is why I think it’s so important for women to talk about it. It was a trying time. I felt like a failure."

Drew Barrymore is a mother of two girls, Olive and Frankie. In an interview with 'People', she revealed that she experienced postpartum depression after giving birth to her second daughter. She explained, "I didn’t have postpartum the first time so I didn’t understand it because I was like, ‘I feel great!’ The second time, I was like, ‘Oh, whoa, I see what people talk about now. I understand.’ It’s a different type of overwhelming with the second. I really got under the cloud."

Courteney Cox, the actress from 'Friends', opened up about her experience with postpartum depression. She revealed that in her case, the depression didn't occur immediately after the birth of her daughter. Rather, she began to feel unwell six months later. She explained, "I couldn't sleep, I had tachycardia and I felt very depressed. When I went to the doctor, I found out my hormones had plummeted."

In December 2014, Hayden Panettiere gave birth to her daughter Kaya, which proved to be a life-changing event for her. However, after the delivery, she experienced a severe postpartum depression that resulted in her staying at a renowned medical center for ten months to overcome this challenging phase.

Brooke Shields: The actress was one of the first celebrities to have the courage to speak publicly about postpartum depression. She said: “I finally had a beautiful baby girl, but I couldn't look at her. I couldn't hold her, sing to her, or even smile… All I wanted to do was disappear and die. I thought my daughter would be better off without me. I felt that life would never be better”.

Alanis Morissette - The singer, a mother of three, confessed to suffering from postpartum depression after her first two deliveries. The artist described symptoms such as physical pain, insomnia, lethargy and terrible visions of her family being hurt, and it took her 16 months to be diagnosed. Postpartum depression also affected Morissette after the birth of her second daughter, being even worse than the first time.

Britney Spears - The famous pop singer has been through it all, and postpartum depression also affected Spears' life as this complication occurred in both of her pregnancies.